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2019 Concert #2: The Misbehavin’ Maidens and The Doubleclicks
My second concert of 2019 was almost the exact opposite of the first one. The first one was a big outdoor concert venue (it was in Boston, but was configured like Pier VI in Baltimore) while this one was in the basement of a pizza place called Joe Squared. The first one featured pop artists…
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Review: Chester 5000 XYV: Isabelle & George
Chester 5000 XYV: Isabelle & George by Jess Fink My rating: 3 of 5 stars I thought the first book was a great example of how erotic fiction could also be a work of art. Jess Fink did so much with so little. Despite a lack of dialog, a great story was told and titillation…
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Last.fm 2017 Listening Trends
This year my music listening is under-counted because of a few factors. 1) Spotify scrobbling stopped working at work, 2) I listened to a lot of bandcamp at work (not scrobbled), and 3) for K-Pop I mostly just watch it on Youtube (not scrobbled). That said, I have been listening to music slightly more often.…
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Review: Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan by James Folta My rating: 2 of 5 stars disclaimer: I was in the Kickstarter for this I was excited about this project because we need a laugh from politics now. Also, it was going to be style parodies of various magazines. But, I forgot something – humor is very subjective. And so…
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First Impressions of Trust Issues by The PDX Broadsides
At the time that I’m writing this, I’ve had Trust Issues for a few days. I signed up for the Kickstarter campaign after The Doubleclicks mentioned them. I then went to the PDX Broadsides’ bandcamp page and ended up buying the entire back catalog. After having heard the album a few times, here are my…
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Review: Black Mercury
Black Mercury by Charlotte E. English My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book started off seeming as though it would be some sort of Victorian, Steampunk Speed Racer. But that turned out to just be a red herring to introduce us to the characters and set up some of the conflicts. I also thought…
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Review: Augie and the Green Knight
Augie and the Green Knight by Zach Weinersmith My rating: 3 of 5 stars Disclaimer: I was a kickstarter backer on this book I Kickstarted this book because I liked Weiner’s work on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and because the description sounded appealing to me – create a book that would appeal to a young,…
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Review: Singular Irregularity: Time Travel Gone Terribly Wrong
Singular Irregularity: Time Travel Gone Terribly Wrong by Kimber Grey My rating: 4 of 5 stars Disclaimer: I was a Kickstarter backer on this anthology. As usual for an anthology, here’s what I thought of each story. “Standing Still – A police psychologist confronts someone that looks liek he’s going to blow people up. The…
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Review: Absolute Power: Tales of Queer Villainy
Absolute Power: Tales of Queer Villainy by Erica Friedman My rating: 5 of 5 stars disclaimer: I kickstarted this anthology Before I get to my usual anthology review in which I collect all my status updates into one place, I wanted to mention a bit about why I kickstarted this book and how I like…
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Review: CBLDF Presents: She Changed Comics
CBLDF Presents: She Changed Comics by Betsy Gomez My rating: 4 of 5 stars Disclaimer: I backed the Kickstarter on this book I’d like to start off with my one big criticism of this book – not enough images! I understand why they had to do it. When you’re printing a book, each page is…
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Exploding Kittens
My wife and I love The Oatmeal. While I don’t find each strip funny, I certainly love strips like this one or this one. So I was extremely excited to back the Exploding Kittens kickstarter. Back when I first got it I took it to New York, excited to play it with my wife and…
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Last.fm Listening Trends 2015 Q2
1. Anberlin (171) – Almost the same number of listens as my top artist last quarter (179 for I Fight Dragons). As usual, I continue to enjoy their music and have grown to appreciate some of the ones I didn’t like before. And some of the older stuff seems trite in comparison. 2. Jim Guthrie…
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Review: With A Little Help
With A Little Help by Cory Doctorow My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book was an experiment in funding and creating a book that I’m pretty sure came out before Kickstarter was as big as it is today. You have to hand it to Cory Doctorow, he lives what he preaches. He’s been releasing…
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I Fight Dragons on completing The Near Future
At the end of my interview about starting the Kickstarter project, Brian Mazzaferri of I Fight Dragons opened the door to speaking with him about the process when it was all done. It was, as is the case with many Kickstarter projects, very exhausting and we only recently had time to actually do the interview.…